Stove-pipe joint



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W. N. LAUGHLIN.

STOVE PIPE JOINT:

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Patented June 2, 1885.

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UNITED STATES Parent @rrrca WILLIAM N. LAUGHLIN, OF MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS.

STOVE-PIPE JOINT.

fiiPL-ECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,102, dated June2, 1885.

Application filed June 25, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM N. LAUGH- LIN, of Midlothian, Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Stove- Pipe Joints, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvementin stove-pipejoints; and theobject of theinvention is to secure a firm and safe connection betweenthe sections of pipe, and at the same time to protect the joint so thatthe pipe is not liable to crack or split at that point.

My invention consists in combining with the threaded sections of astove-pipe a cap or band secured to one of the sections and overlappingthe other, so as to inclose and protect the joint.

It consists, further, in forming on one of the threaded sections a stop,against which the end of the other section bears, and which prevents thesections from telescoping in case the threads should wear or becomeflattened after long-continued use.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is aside elevation of two sections of pipe, and Fig. 2 acentral vertical section of the same.

A represents a section of ordinary sheetiron stove-pipe on which arepressed orstruck up the corrugations a a, forming the interior or femalethread. B represents the adjacent section, on the exterior surfaceofwhich is formed the corresponding male thread, I). To the part A issecured, by soldering or otherwise, a sheet-metal ring or band, C,which,

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when the parts are screwed together, overlaps the j oint and concealsthe threads. This ring, besides forming a smooth finish for the pipe,also protects both parts or sections from splitting or crackinglongitudinally at the joint. Upon the outside of the male section, atthe base of thethread, is formed a ridge, D, against which the end ofthe female section A bears when the parts are screwed together. Thisridge, therefore, forms a stop, which will prevent any furthertelescoping of the sections, should the threads have become flattenedsufficiently to permit any independent sliding motion.

By constructing my'stove-pipe in the man- L sectionsAB, the ring or bandC, and the stop my hand this 7th day of June, 1884.

WILLIAM N. LAUGHLIN.

Witnesses:

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